Fastening means for collars



J. B. DRIVER FASTENING MEANS FOR COLLARS Filed 0ct. 51, 1924 Svwemtoz M Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES JAMES B. DRIVER. OF DELAWARE, OHIO.

FASTENING MEANS FOR COLLARS.

Application filed October 31, 192-4. Serial No. 746,957.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES B. Dnivnn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Delaware, in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fastening lllleans for Collars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in means for attaching collars to shirts and similar garments.

One object of the invention is to provide a construction whereby each garment may be permanently equipped with a simple and inexpensive means for attaching a collar to. the back of the neck band of a garment. The improvement has many advantages, among which are the fact that it does away with the necessity for the usual separate collar button and the numerous annoyances arising from its use; obviates the necessityof any button hole in the back of the collar band; and'eliminates bulkiness in the back. Incidentally it does away with the lump in the collar caused by the usual inserted collar button, which often causes a dirty spot to appear on the outer surface of the collar where it comes in contact with the coat or vest.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described in detail with reference to the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification. the features of novelty of which are pointed out in appended claims.

In the drawings;

Fig. 1 shows the neck band of a garment equipped with one embodiment of the invention. v

Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of the invention. with one or more layers of the material cut away to show the way in which this particular form of attaching device is made.

Fig. 3 shows still another embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4. is a section in the line 4-& of Fig. 1, but is made more or less diagrammatic to illustrate the connection between the garment, the neck band, and the collar attaching tab.

Fig. 5 is the same kind of a view as in Fig. 4, but is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 6 is also a more or less diagraniniiatic view of a section on the line (36 of Fig. 3.

Stated in general terms, the invention comprises a tab at the rear of the garment which tab may be attached in proper posh tion or mayform an extension of the neck band of the garment. This tab is provided, with a button or a similar device to engage the usual buttonhole in a collar.

Several of the forms whichthe invention might take are shown in the accompanying drawings. In all of the forms the neck band 10 consists of a plurality of plies of fabric, although in diagrammatic Figs. at,

5 and 6 only two are shown. One or more of the plies of the neck band may be cut away at the rear of the band as shown at 11, Fig. 3, so as to decrease the thickness of the neck band at that point. The tab 12 may be stitched to the garment in proper relation to the neck band, or it may be a single ply continuation of one ply of the neck band. Preferably, however, it has a multi-ply construction, one of its plies being a continuation of a ply or layer of the fabric of the neck band, the other plyin case there are only two being a separate piece of material suitably shaped and stitched to the garment by the same seam as is used to attach the neck band to the garment. The material comprised by the tab may be stitched or hemmed around the outer edge of the tab to give a suitable finish.

Attached to the tab is any suitable device such as, for example, a button 13 which may be used in securing a collar to the garment. In laundering the garment, the tab may, if desired, be left unstarched and unlaundered or may be ironed flat in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In thi pm u;

sition, the button will be covered so as not to interfere with movement of an iron "When the wearer is dressing, this tab is to be turned up to a position parallel with the neck band and the collar buttoned on and, in case the neck band has been cut away as shown in Fig. 3, the tab will fit into the cut away portion. This will make no appreciable increase in the thickness over all when the collar is attached. In the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which the neck band has no cut away portion, the in creased thickness when the tab is turned up to the position shown by dotted line 1% in Fig. 1 and the collar attached, will not be iii) great enough to cause discomfort and there will still be present substantially all of the advantages above and hereinafter described over the use of the ordinary separate collar button.

In the form shown in Fig. l, the tab 12 comprises a continuation of the outer layer or ply of the neck band (see Fig. 4) and is suitably reinforced as by continuing one or more of the other layers of the neck band, or by reinforcing it with a separate piece 15, of material. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the tab 12 is a continuation of one of the inner plies of the neck band and may be suitably reinforced by continuing another layer, or as shown in Fig. 5, it may be reinforced by a. separate piece of material 16. hen in use the tab, in this form, also extends up parallel to the neck band as shown in Fig. 5. In the form shown in Fig. 3 one or more plies of the neck band is, as before stated, cut away, as shown at 11, to decrease the thickness of the band at that point. The tab 12 comprises a continuation of one of the inner plies of the neck band (see Fig. 6) reinforced by a separate piece, 17, of material, and is so shaped that in use it is turned up into the position where it will fit in the cut away portion of the neck band. This will cause the neck band and tab, when the tab is up in position, to have substantially the same thickness as through the neck band proper.

As above stated, in all of the forms it is preferred to use a button 13 for engagement with the usual buttonhole of the collar,

although some other device such as a hook, might be employed. This button or its equivalent may, of course, be of any size or shape which will not interfere with the advantages to be derived from the improvement.

While from the foregoing it is clear that the embodiments shown and described are admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is not the desire to be limit-- ed to such embodiments, as the invention is capable of other modifications and changes all coming within the scope of the claims which follow:

What is claimed is:

1. A garment comprising a multi-ply collar band having at least one ply cut away at the rear of the band to reduce the thickness of the band at that point, and a tab extending from the lower edge of the band and adapted to be turned up into registry with the portion of reduced thickness and carrying a button whereby a collar may be attached.

2. A garment comprising a multi-ply collar band having at least one ply partially cut away at the rear of the band to decrease the thickness of the band at that point and a tab comprising a continuation of a ply of the band and adapted to be turned up into registry with the portion of reduced thickness, and a device attached to said tab whereby a collar may be attached.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature.

JAMES B. DRIVER. 

